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Anniversary Premieres Cement an Oct. 7 Screen Subgenre on Paramount+ and HBO Max

Major streamers mark the second anniversary with works that turn testimony into public memory.

Scene from "One Day in October". Courtesy HBO-Max
Rotem Sela as Batsheva Yahalomi in Red Alert, episode 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2025. (Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions, Keshet 12, the IEF, & Paramount+)

Overview

  • Two high-profile scripted series debut on Oct. 7: Red Alert on Paramount+ and One Day in October on HBO Max, expanding survivor-focused dramatizations to global audiences.
  • A wave of new and recent documentaries reconstructs the Nova music festival massacre using synchronized phone videos and Hamas body‑cam footage, including We Will Dance Again, #Nova, and Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre.
  • The Israeli military’s 47‑minute evidentiary film, Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre, continues to screen privately for policymakers, journalists, diplomats, and community leaders due to its graphic content.
  • Recent releases foreground hostage experiences, child survivors, sexual‑violence testimony, and diaspora aftershocks, with titles such as The Children of October 7, A Letter to David, Screams Before Silence, and October 8.
  • The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, now in theaters, was reinstated at TIFF after a dispute over clearances for Hamas‑shot footage, underscoring ongoing legal and ethical questions around archive use.